Sister Anne Margaret Carmody

Former teacher turns to social work so she can help the poor,
mentally ill

Sister Anne Margaret Carmody was born
the seventh child to Ann and Paul Carmody of Carlsville, Wis. She
attended a two-room public grade school in Carlsville for eight
years then Sevastopol High School.

She considered teaching and many other careers but the one
persistent call was to Sisterhood. She was attracted to working
among the poor.

After graduating from Marquette University, she taught at St.
Joseph, Marinette; Holy Angels, Darboy; St. Jude, Green Bay; St.
Mary, Bear Creek; St. Isidore, Osman; and Holy Trinity, Casco. Her
last five years of teaching were in Gallup, New Mexico, with
second- and third-generation Mexicans and the Navajo Indians.

Sister Anne Margaret went back to school and received a degree in
social work. This degree led her down the path of ministering with
people who have severe and persistent mental health issues and with
the homeless population.

When teaching, there was the impetus that one was co-creating the
future and making a difference in helping develop the minds and
hearts of children to be alive with love of self, others and God.
When working with people with mental health issues and the homeless
population, she found God being revealed in them through their
humbleness and gratitude as they struggled with their
challenges.

One of her favorite scripture passages is Micah 6:8 -- "This is
what God asks of you: only to act justly, to love tenderly and to
walk humbly with your God."

It has been at the core of Sister's being to respond to God in all
the she does and desires.